We often hear of the vast gap between college life and work life, between going through a structured education system for four years (or, really, 15 years if you count your whole education journey) and then entering the scary unknown forest that is “real life”.
And guess what? It’s true. Real life and academic life is very different. Being in school means, for better or for worse, your days, tasks, objectives, and goals are structured out for you. You just have to do the grind. But when you go into the work force, suddenly everything is different. Your boss might not be so clear in defining what your tasks are. Your colleagues may have different communication styles. The pressure to produce results might be much more than the pressure to achieve good grades. And the whole game plan of succeeding in school is very different from succeeding in your career.